Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 256 304
Rank change year-on-year -94 +48 -11
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 610 578 666
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 1.17% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 1.32% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 309 266 312
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,497 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £57,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,047 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.34% +0.07% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £88,438 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,125 £104,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £64,108
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.51% -1.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,853 43,932 62,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.75% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,280 24,639 34,370
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -3.39%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 26 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -94 539 £60,000 -14.34% 1,919
London -28 317 £67,750 -15.31% 1,286
UK excluding London -155 231 £60,000 -4.00% 801
Work from Home -8 203 £59,338 -15.23% 749
North of England -36 62 £60,850 -14.60% 149
South East -84 57 £42,000 -32.80% 207
North West 0 46 £67,500 - 94
Midlands -43 37 £48,500 -19.83% 101
South West -72 31 £68,000 +19.83% 102
West Midlands -33 27 £48,500 -15.65% 63
East of England -37 24 £70,000 +6.87% 85
Yorkshire -47 15 £57,500 -25.81% 39
Scotland +13 13 £77,500 +47.62% 97
East Midlands -27 10 £38,347 -48.87% 38
Northern Ireland -87 4 - - 46
Wales -65 3 £65,000 +8.59% 17
North East -62 1 - - 16

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 43 (7.05%) Confluence
2 20 (3.28%) CMS
3 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.49%) Drupal
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (5.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 31 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.15%) Moqups
6 6 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.82%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.49%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (4.59%) Workfront
2 14 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.82%) Shopify
5 3 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.49%) iTrent
5 3 (0.49%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (0.33%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.16%) Eikon
7 1 (0.16%) Magento
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.16%) RMDS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 77 (12.62%) AWS
2 76 (12.46%) SaaS
3 43 (7.05%) Azure
4 35 (5.74%) iPaaS
5 18 (2.95%) Figma
6 17 (2.79%) GCP
7 16 (2.62%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.46%) Google Workspace
9 11 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.64%) GitHub
10 10 (1.64%) GitHub Copilot
11 9 (1.48%) Anthropic Claude
12 7 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (0.82%) Copilot Studio
13 5 (0.82%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.82%) Zapier
14 4 (0.66%) Amazon Bedrock
14 4 (0.66%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.39%) Broadband
2 32 (5.25%) HTTP
3 11 (1.80%) Firewall
4 10 (1.64%) WAN
5 8 (1.31%) DNS
6 7 (1.15%) LAN
6 7 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.98%) DHCP
7 6 (0.98%) NX-OS
8 4 (0.66%) MPLS
8 4 (0.66%) Multicast
8 4 (0.66%) Network Security
8 4 (0.66%) SAN
9 3 (0.49%) CTI
9 3 (0.49%) Intranet
9 3 (0.49%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.49%) VSAT
9 3 (0.49%) WLAN
10 2 (0.33%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.23%) Metadata
2 15 (2.46%) Power BI
3 8 (1.31%) Big Data
4 7 (1.15%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.98%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.33%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.33%) MySQL
8 2 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.16%) Db2
9 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.16%) Redis
9 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 72 (11.80%) JIRA
2 11 (1.80%) Git
3 10 (1.64%) Claude Code
3 10 (1.64%) Selenium
4 9 (1.48%) GitLab
5 8 (1.31%) Postman
6 7 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.98%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.66%) JUnit
9 2 (0.33%) TestNG
10 1 (0.16%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 196 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 186 (30.49%) Finance
3 180 (29.51%) Marketing
4 87 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (13.93%) Law
6 77 (12.62%) Banking
7 74 (12.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 54 (8.85%) Presentation Skills
9 49 (8.03%) Retail
10 44 (7.21%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (5.74%) Manufacturing
12 33 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (5.41%) Public Sector
13 25 (4.10%) Legal
14 21 (3.44%) Telecoms
15 17 (2.79%) Publishing
16 16 (2.62%) Electronics
17 13 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
18 11 (1.80%) Financial Institution
19 9 (1.48%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 162 (26.56%) Product Manager
2 93 (15.25%) Lead
3 75 (12.30%) Senior
4 61 (10.00%) Product Owner
5 49 (8.03%) Software Engineer
6 37 (6.07%) Senior Manager
7 35 (5.74%) Lead Software Engineer
8 33 (5.41%) Development Engineer
8 33 (5.41%) Software Development Engineer
9 25 (4.10%) Senior Product Manager
10 23 (3.77%) Product Lead
11 16 (2.62%) Senior Software Engineer
12 15 (2.46%) Development Manager
12 15 (2.46%) Technical Manager
13 14 (2.30%) Architect
14 13 (2.13%) Technical Engineer
15 12 (1.97%) Platform Manager
15 12 (1.97%) Project Manager
15 12 (1.97%) Technical Support
15 12 (1.97%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.89%) REST
2 17 (2.79%) HTML
3 15 (2.46%) Google Maps API
4 14 (2.30%) Terraform
5 13 (2.13%) React
6 9 (1.48%) LangChain
7 8 (1.31%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.31%) TensorFlow
7 8 (1.31%) XML
8 6 (0.98%) Pandas
8 6 (0.98%) Spring
9 5 (0.82%) CrewAI
9 5 (0.82%) CSS
9 5 (0.82%) LlamaIndex
9 5 (0.82%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.66%) LangGraph
10 4 (0.66%) Node.js
10 4 (0.66%) NumPy
10 4 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.66%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 191 (31.31%) Product Ownership
2 46 (7.54%) Social Media
3 37 (6.07%) Marketing Technology
4 36 (5.90%) Public Cloud
5 35 (5.74%) Over-the-Top Content
6 34 (5.57%) AI Agents
7 31 (5.08%) Management Information System
8 29 (4.75%) Onboarding
9 19 (3.11%) Cloud Native
10 16 (2.62%) Augmented Reality
10 16 (2.62%) Web Conferencing
11 15 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.46%) Virtual Reality
12 14 (2.30%) Data Centre
12 14 (2.30%) Driving Licence
13 13 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.97%) Biopharmaceutical
14 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Cloud
15 11 (1.80%) Blog
15 11 (1.80%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.62%) Linux
2 15 (2.46%) Windows
3 4 (0.66%) Unix
4 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) CentOS
6 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (55.25%) Roadmaps
2 225 (36.89%) Agile
3 178 (29.18%) Product Roadmap
4 160 (26.23%) AI
5 141 (23.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 138 (22.62%) Decision-Making
7 137 (22.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 115 (18.85%) Customer Experience
9 112 (18.36%) Product Vision
10 108 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (16.72%) Product Strategy
11 102 (16.72%) User Stories
12 98 (16.07%) Product Backlog
13 88 (14.43%) Software Engineering
14 87 (14.26%) Analytics
15 83 (13.61%) Project Management
16 75 (12.30%) Product Requirements
16 75 (12.30%) User Experience
17 73 (11.97%) Mentoring
18 68 (11.15%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.36%) Java
2 41 (6.72%) Python
3 16 (2.62%) SQL
4 12 (1.97%) TypeScript
5 11 (1.80%) C++
5 11 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.48%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.82%) R
8 4 (0.66%) Bash
8 4 (0.66%) C#
9 3 (0.49%) ABAP
9 3 (0.49%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.49%) PHP
10 2 (0.33%) Perl
11 1 (0.16%) Bicep
11 1 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 150 (24.59%) Degree
2 43 (7.05%) Master's Degree
3 31 (5.08%) MBA
3 31 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.43%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.97%) HND
7 11 (1.80%) HNC
8 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.48%) PhD
10 8 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.31%) PMP
11 7 (1.15%) CCNA
11 7 (1.15%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.98%) CSPO
12 6 (0.98%) MCSE
13 5 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.66%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.23%) QA
2 20 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.13%) SLA
4 9 (1.48%) PMO
5 8 (1.31%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.15%) GDPR
7 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.33%) DICOM
8 2 (0.33%) GRC
8 2 (0.33%) HL7
8 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.33%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) PERC
9 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (1.48%) Firmware
1 9 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.31%) Docker
3 6 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.98%) vSphere
4 5 (0.82%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.16%) KVM
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.31%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.15%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.49%) WSUS
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.16%) Ansible
5 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.16%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.16%) Kibana
5 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 54 (8.85%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.23%) Adobe
3 30 (4.92%) Salesforce
4 25 (4.10%) Google
5 17 (2.79%) OpenAI
6 16 (2.62%) Cisco
6 16 (2.62%) Facebook
7 12 (1.97%) Oracle
7 12 (1.97%) Workday
8 9 (1.48%) VMware
9 8 (1.31%) SAP
10 6 (0.98%) FIS
10 6 (0.98%) Juniper
11 5 (0.82%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.49%) Aderant
12 3 (0.49%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.49%) Fujitsu
12 3 (0.49%) iManage
12 3 (0.49%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.49%) YouTube